Kirsty Marsh on how to tailor your choice of bikini to your body shape

Cat Gray’s political hero is not an individual, but a leaderless collective of women.

Aidan Gregory tells us why the controversial once-elected president is his political hero

David Burch explains an unlikely political hero…

James Jackson tells us why he regardsTolstoy as an inspiration.

Oliver Reynolds reviews the life of controversial leader Ho Chi Minh

This week Hanna Krasmann looks at her political hero, Hans-Dietrich Genscher

The 4ft 11inch surgeon and human rights champion

Suffragette, workers’ advocate, domestic servant, all-round awesome individual

This week, Ben Weich writes about his political hero, Brazilian footballer Sócrates

If the academics amongst political activists possess the theoretical bite and the orators and revolutionaries supply the bark, Walter Rodney embodied a remarkable blend of both. Unwaveringly committed to the plight of the oppressed in the politically-tumultuous post-colonial Caribbean, Rodney’s life is testament to both incredible guise and dogged spirit. The power of Rodney’s intellect […]

This week Kimberly McIntosh picks the ‘Prince of Darkness’ as her political hero

Ben Green talks about his political hero, Jacques Delors

The paternal President was a pillar of great strength in the face of a belligerent world, writes Cat Hanson

Antonia Jennings pays tribute to influential feminist, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Emily Balch

“While Churchill is seen as the definitive wartime leader, Attlee was the man who ran Britain.” Rob Fuller heaps praise upon one of the great 20th Century Prime Ministers

In recognition of UMSU’s Black and Ethnic Minority Week, Lucy Hall pays homage to one of the great anti-apartheid activists, Joe Slovo

Andrew Williams pays tribute to “the greatest polemicist of this or any generation”